Brazil - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Brazil. note 1: largest country in South America and in the Southern Hemisphere; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador; most of the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland, extends through the west central part of the country; shares Iguaçu Falls (Iguazú Falls), the world's largest waterfalls system, with Argentina
note 2: Rocas Atoll, located off the northeast coast of Brazil, is the only atoll in the South Atlantic.
Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A
, whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
The vast majority of people live along or near the Atlantic coast in the east; the population core is in the southeast, anchored by the cities of São Paolo, Brasília, and Rio de Janeiro
People and Society
In Brazil, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Mixed 45.3%, White 43.5%, Black 10.2%, Indigenous 0.6%, Asian 0.4% (2022 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.58% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 13.04 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.07 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 2.5 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.73 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.84 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Brazilian | Brazilian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 19.6% (male 22,025,593/female 21,088,398) |
| 15-64 years | 69.5% (male 75,889,089/female 77,118,722) |
| 65 years and over | 10.9% (2024 est.) (male 10,251,809/female 13,677,901) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 44.3 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 28.1 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 16.2 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 6.2 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 35.4 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 34 years |
| Female | 36.1 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 87.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 22.620 million São Paulo, 13.728 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.248 million Belo Horizonte, 4.873 million BRASÍLIA (capital), 4.264 million Recife, 4.212 million Porto Alegre (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 0.98 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.75 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 14.6 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 11.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 76.3 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 72.6 years |
| Female | 80.1 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 99.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 98% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 99.6% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 94.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 65% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 91% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 5.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 35% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 6.12 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 3.84 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.24 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 2 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 11.2% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 14.4% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 8.3% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
Demographic profile
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